A (Mostly) Old-Fashioned Christmas

Gary Lehman, dressed as Scrooge for Gulfport’s annual Holiday Hoopla, indulges in an anachronism during the day-long festival of shopping local: Chinese takeout.

All day Saturday, December 13, downtown Gulfport’s Beach Boulevard bustled with crafters, street vendors, and roving Victorian characters, and all in place to bring attention to the stalwart brick-and-mortar businesses lining the street.

The annual Holiday Hoopla, sponsored by the city of Gulfport and the Gulfport Merchants Association, ran from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday. The event, now in its sixth year, was designed to remind people to shop local.

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